Generation Realty, LLC. v. Catanzaro

OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

The issue presented in this appeal is one of first impression for this Court and requires us to interpret G.L.1956 § 45-24-53 of the Rhode Island Zoning Enabling Act of 1991, which deals with the notice and hearing requirements for the adoption, repeal, and amendment of zoning ordinances. In essence, we are asked to decide whether the defendants, the Town of North Providence (North Providence or town) and its representatives, 1 complied with § 45-24-53 when they amended the town’s zoning ordinance in 1999. The plaintiffs, Capital City Community…